PATTERN FOR A BABY SET. AUTHOR MA RIA (GERMANY)

empty square = 1 knit.
— = 1 purl.
V = knit from 1 st. 5 sts. (1 knit, 1 purl, 1 knit, 1 purl, 1 knit.)
∧ = 5 sts. knit together knit, twisted, in the purl row knit the purl.
U = yarn over
5 squared  = 5 sts. garter stitch in 2  stitches together knit 
=arrow up - 1  yarn over (1 st. slip as knit, 1 knit, and pull it through the slipped st.)